Topic: What Has Made You Happy Today? and Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 2:12pm

what have you done to make someone happy?

Pharrell, UN Celebrate International Day of Happiness

If Thursday being the first day of spring was not enough to make you happy, it's also the 2nd Annual International Day of Happiness.

Grammy-winning producer and singer Pharrell has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to celebrate the day of smiles and laughter.

“The pursuit of happiness lies at the core of human endeavors. People around the world aspire to lead happy and fulfilling lives free from fear and want...," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a release on the foundation's website.

A new video featuring Pharrell's infectious song "Happy" will be spotlighted each hour on 24hoursofhappiness.com.

Residents in D.C. and Maryland got into the spirit ahead of the International Day of Happiness, posting their own "Happy"-themed videos on YouTube recently. Check out a few of the best below.

Anacostia-based production company Ward 8 Studios put together this
compilation of D.C. residents showing off their never-ending happiness.
The video features many recognizable D.C. landmarks, from the Washington
Monument to the Anacostia River. Stay tuned through the end for a
special cameo from one of the National Zoo’s star attractions.

Howard University decided that the world needed to know just how happy it is, and thus this video was born. Students, faculty, staff and willing D.C. participants all pitched in to create this testament to Howard’s happiness.

Happy (ONE.org Version)

To help with their goal to end poverty and disease, D.C.-based advocacy group ONE danced its way from its office on I Street to the White House. What better way to get the government’s attention than with an outpouring of unbridled happiness?

We Are Happy in Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore wasn’t willing to let D.C. have all the fun, so they had to make a "Happy" video of their own. Watch these Baltimorons in all their happy glory.

Chad R. Presents: Pharrell Williams HAPPY Music Video

Washington Talent Agency offshoot So Fresh
Entertainment decided that a little bad weather wouldn’t stop them from
letting everyone know just how happy they truly are. This one stands out
for some pretty incredible dance moves.

im in my poppin fresh start/ getting a hang of single life/ positively navigating through life/ learning how to make new friends/ REALLY enjoying my life ... i can honestly say, im happy

what have i done to make somebody happy? well i do that ALOT im a
naturally kind considerate young lady so everywhere i go i smile/ say a
kind word/ ask people how their doing in passing during business or
pleasure/ im excited to see whats gonna come outta todays joy

The happiest video you’ll watch all day? John Lewis dances to hit tune

Rep. John Lewis is a well-known civil rights legend, but it turns out he’s a good dancer too.

The Georgia Democrat showed off his dances moves in a video posted to YouTube Wednesday, cutting a rug to the song “Happy,” the Pharrell hit featured in the movie Despicable Me 2. “This is my song!” the 74-year-old declares while showing off his two-step.

Known as a marcher more than a dancer, Lewis worked
alongside civil rights icons including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he
fought for racial equality in the south in the 1960s. He famously
suffered a fractured skull after he was beaten by officers while
marching for voting rights on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on the day now known as Bloody Sunday.

In recent years he’s become one of the strongest voices to speak out
against more recent efforts to roll back voting rights. He strongly
criticized the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision that gutted the Voting
Rights Act, but has said during past appearances on PoliticsNation that he remains hopeful Congress will come together to restore the law.

That optimistic spirit extends to his dancing as well. “Nothing can bring me down,” he says during the dance video.

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